Israel to assist firefighting efforts in Greece

Israel has sent two firefighting aircraft to Greece to help combat raging wildfires there, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Wednesday. Read more

Israel to send two firefighting planes to battle raging wildfires in Greece

Israel will dispatch two firefighting aircraft to Greece to help combat wildfires Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described on Monday as “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.” Read more

WJC condemns desecration of Jewish Monument in Thessaloniki, two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The World Jewish Congress stands with the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, an affiliate of the WJC, in categorically condemning the despicable vandalism of the Jewish Monument on the campus of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. The very same monument was vandalized last July. Read more

The Jews of Greece- Οι Εβραίοι της Ελλάδας

The Sydney Jewish Museum will launch its new temporary exhibition, The Jews of Greece later this month. Read more

Shira’s Journey – The Jews of Greece

“Shira’s Journey” is a screenplay by Carol Freeman Gordon, with Photos by Emmanuel Santos…a video story. Read more

Indifference has not gone away

World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder has addressed an official Holocaust commemoration ceremony in the Greek capital Athens, and in recalling the tragedy that nearly destroyed the Jewish community in Greece, asked whether the world has really learnt the lessons of the Holocaust. Read more

A Greek Jewish Odyssey

A lifelong passion for Greece led Carol Gordon to explore the history of the country’s once vibrant Jewish communities. Read more